20th Century fox vs Newzbin

n111ck · 2 Jun 2010 at 15:50

Its def back up with a new logo - can now log in again.......!!

Chris1712 · 2 Jun 2010 at 15:51

Rainmaker said:
Still looks down here. Caesium sold the site to pay off legal costs and debts, so how/why would it be back? Or are you talking about the new "clone" site to be run by Team R Dogs?

Yes its a clone site. Care bears.

Arjun806 · 2 Jun 2010 at 15:53

Is it the same url? I'm getting the same message that it's been shut down

Sukh · 2 Jun 2010 at 15:54

Is it safe?
How do we know its not the RIAA MPAA?

magick · 2 Jun 2010 at 15:58

Sukh said:
How do we know its not the RIAA MPAA?

I'm 99.999% sure it won't be. Just before Newzbin got closed there were rumours that site had been hacked. Some rumours even saying the owners deliberately let the site be hacked so it could reopen if they lost the case. This may have been part of the deal when the arranged the sale of the domian name.

SMN · 2 Jun 2010 at 15:59

Sukh said:
Is it safe?
How do we know its not the RIAA MPAA?

It'd likely constitute entrapment for a start.

Looks legit to me, plus the story of the URL being sold to a company in the Seychelles "for financial reasons" (more like legal presedence) sounds something a pirate would do

Who knows - if you want to be ultra cautious sit back and wait i guess.

SMN · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:00

Arjun806 said:
Is it the same url? I'm getting the same message that it's been shut down

Yep, same URL (www.newzbin.com). Try refreshing DNS if its not working (ipconfig /flushdns from CMD.exe on Windows).

Kristoph · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:01

Sure its the same URL? I'm getting the same message too. I've never used the site before.

n111ck · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:03

Just download an NZB and if it works the MPA or who ever would be just as guilty as the previous operators.

Pleased to see my credit is still there.

Sukh · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:04

SMN said:
It'd likely constitute entrapment for a start.

Looks legit to me, plus the story of the URL being sold to a company in the Seychelles "for financial reasons" (more like legal presedence) sounds something a pirate would do Who knows - if you want to be ultra cautious sit back and wait i guess.

Also, have they filled in all the missing days of retention?

So if a "linux distro" came out in the intervening time, has it been indexed now? Or is there just a gap?

SMN · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:08

Think they are backfilling as we speak. Obviously no one would have been indexing when the site was offline

antijoke · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:24

Which is the best news server to go with?

schnipps · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:25

so what happens with the ruling to take it down? they have to take another set of people to court again over the same thing, im confused as to how you can just start it back up?

schnipps · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:26

anticonscience said:
Which is the best news server to go with?

hitnews if you want cheap ssl and good retention, if you want your eyes taken out giganews, there are loads but i have found hitnews to be a great one for the cost.

Robbo · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:27

anticonscience said:
Which is the best news server to go with?

I like Newshosting.

antijoke · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:28

Why would Giganews take my eyes out?

Dolph · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:28

Yay, let's all celebrate something that makes taking something we don't own and have no right to being resurrected...

Oh wait, in any other situation morality would kick in...

Chris1712 · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:28

anticonscience said:
Which is the best news server to go with?

Astraweb $11 a month or $96 a year, winner winner chicken dinner.

apatia77 · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:29

anticonscience said:
Which is the best news server to go with?

Astraweb - cheap and very popular here

Tefal · 2 Jun 2010 at 16:30

anticonscience said:
Which is the best news server to go with?

Astraweb.

Search for astraweb $11 in google, for some reason you cannot get to the $11 deal through their site only google

So that's like £7.50 for unlimited downloads, ssl, 654+ days retention (and always going up)